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    Israel’s Extra­or­di­nary Pop­u­la­tion Growth Is No Cause for Celebration

    Found­ing direc­to­ry of the Israel Union for Envi­ron­men­tal Defense Alon Tal​’s lat­est book, The Land Is Full, address­es the prob­lems of over­pop­u­la­tion in Israel. He is…
    Alon Tal
    May 16, 2016
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    Inter­view: A. J. Sidransky

    with Bar­bara M. BibelA. J. Sidransky’s nov­els For­giv­ing Máx­i­mo Roth­man and For­giv­ing Mariela Cama­cho com­bine his­to­ry and mys­tery to pro­vide read­ers with…
    Bar­bara M. Bibel
    March 15, 2016
    Interview

    Inter­view: Liad Shoham

    by Elise Coop­erJew­ish Book Coun­cil recent­ly spoke with Liad Shoham about his new book, Asy­lum City.Elise Coop­er: I didn’t know Israel has an ille­gal…
    Elise Coop­er
    January 20, 2015
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    Encoun­ter­ing Ellis Island: How Euro­pean Immi­grants Entered America
    Ronald H. Bayor
    Essay

    Four Gen­er­a­tions of Lunch, from India to Australia

    Elana Ben­jamin is an Aus­tralian free­lance writer. In 2014, her work has been pub­lished in major Aus­tralian pub­li­ca­tions includ­ing The Syd­ney Morn­ing Her­ald and…
    Elana Ben­jamin
    December 3, 2014
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    After They Closed the Gates: Jew­ish Ille­gal Immi­gra­tion to the Unit­ed States, 1921 – 1965
    Libby Garland
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    Chil­dren’s
    Lightning’s Run
    Gabriel Goodman
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    Jour­ney From the Land of No: A Girl­hood Caught in Rev­o­lu­tion­ary Iran
    Roya Hakakian
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    Lena Fin­kle’s Mag­ic Bar­rel: A Graph­ic Novel
    Anya Ulinich
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    Chil­dren’s
    Liba and the Feath­er Thief
    Miriam Walfish
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    Lit­tle Fail­ure: A Memoir
    Gary Shteyn­gart
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    Chil­dren’s
    Liba’s Let­ters
    Miriam Walfish; DreaMaker Studio, illus.
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    Chil­dren’s
    Liba’s Palace
    Miriam Walfish; DreaMaker Studio, illus.
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    The World of Auf­bau: Hitler’s Refugees in America
    Peter Schrag
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    Jew­ish Maxwell Street Stories
    Shuli Eshel and Roger Schatz
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    Israeli Folk Nar­ra­tives: Set­tle­ment, Immi­gra­tion, Ethnicity
    Haya Bar-Itzhak
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